Category: Featured
It’s all about control …
At the beginning of Lent, I gave a fellow seminarian some advice. Now, that advice is kicking my butt. The advice was simple – to survive seminary, as a time of formation, you had to allow yoursel... Read More
Planned Parenthood Firebombing and Nazi Equivalencies: When Rhetoric Really is Complicity
Last year, in the aftermath of a shooting that critically injured U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford, the news cycle and American politicians entered a protracted debate on the relationship between ... Read More
Love Slave
With Passover swiftly approaching and visions of macaroons and escaping slaves dancing in my head, I had an unusual spate of freedom last weekend. My partner and I do all of our toddler T’s childc... Read More
DivInnovations Profile 2: Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
DOMINICAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY In conversation with Sr. Marianne Farina, CSC, PhD, Department Chair of Theology: At the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (DSPT), the dialogical ... Read More
Post-Women’s History Month: How My Tradition Affirms Women
Well, another Women’s History Month has come and gone by the time you read this. Many classrooms across the United States have talked about the contributions of women in the past, and some websites ... Read More
Coming Out: stepping out of the closet and the church
I came out as a lesbian this past year. I spent the first 25 years of my life living with straight privilege but struggling internally with what was “wrong” with me. Coming out has been indescriba... Read More
Passover: Prison, Oppression and Modern Day Pharaoh
Bringing our discussions from Prison Ministry into my own preparations for Passover has opened up my midrashic imagination to the connections between ancient and modern day oppression. Learning about ... Read More
Guest post: Finding Judaism in Unexpected Places by Pamela Jay Gottfried
(Pamela Jay Gottfried is a rabbi, parent, teacher and student of religion. She is the founding mother and editor of the interfaith blog She Answers Abraham and the author of Found in Translation: Co... Read More